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The 2015 WUSB Benefest is a benefit to raise funds for equipment upgrades and the ongoing operations of WUSB Radio, 90.1 FM in Stony Brook. This festival includes many of the best names in the Long Island music scene, and is the largest grouping of performers ever to come together for the benefit of WUSB, 90.1 FM in Stony Brook.

Jimmy LaFave and his band
Sunday, August 2, 7:00 P.M.
Port Jefferson Village Center, Port Jefferson, New York

The Sunday Street Acoustic Series (sponsored by WUSB-FM) and The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council are pleased to present Jimmy LaFave, an Austin, Texas based singer songwriter and his band in concert on Sunday, August 2 at 7:00 P.M. at The Port Jefferson Village Center in Port Jefferson, New York.

On Thursday at 8 P.M., two of hip hop's biggest stars, Chuck D. and Eric B., will be making guest appearances on the Sounds of Film Radio Show, which airs on Stony Brook's WUSB. The two music legends will be performing at Nile Rodger's FOLD Festival at Martha Clara's Vineyard on August 5th. They will be speaking with Long Island Music Hall of Fame's Vice Chairman Tom Needham about their upcoming performances and music careers.

Tune into Tom Needham's The Sounds of Film this Thursday at 6 P.M. on WUSB to hear interviews with music legend Nile Rodgers, director Simon Curtis and children's recording artist Laurie Berkner. Nile Rodgers, who is the leader of the group Chic, as well as one of the music industry's most successful producers for artists like Daft Punk, David Bowie, Madonna, and Diana Ross, will be speaking about his career and his upcoming Riverhead FOLD Festival at Martha Clara Vineyards featuring performances by Beck, Keith Urban, Duran Duran, Chuck D,, Chaka Khan and Pharrell Williams. Simon Curtis, who rose to fame as the director of My Week with Marilyn, will be discussing his new film, Woman in Gold,
starring Helen Mirren. Laurie Berkner, one of the world's most well-known children's recording artists, will be discussing her music, television career and upcoming performance at the Great South Bay Music Festival.

WUSB is proud to present our 3-Day Summer 2015 Reggae Marathon, starting at 8pm on Thursday, July 2nd and running until midnight on July 5th. Tune in at 90.1 on your FM dial and online at http://wusb.fm

Tune into WUSB's the Sounds of Film on Thursday to hear Tom Needham's extensive interviews with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Jim Messina, comedy legend Lisa Lampanelli, and actor/writer Wallace Shawn. Jim Messina will be discussing his long career with Buffalo Springfield, Poco and Loggins & Messina. Lisa Lampanelli will be talking about her Epix comedy special, Back to the Drawing Board, and Wallace Shawn will be speaking about his new Criterion Collection called 3 Films, which includes My Dinner With Andre, Vanya on 42nd Street and A Master Builder.

Tune into Tom Needham's Sounds of Film on WUSB this Thursday at 6 P.M. for exclusive coverage of the I Have a Dream Foundation's Spirit of the Dream Spring Gala at Gotham Hall honoring Cicely Tyson. Special guests on the show include Mayor David Dinkins, legendary actress Cicely Tyson, Avatar's Stephen Lang and Orange is the New Black's Stephanie Andujar. Also appearing on the program is Hollywood film composer, Theodore Shapiro, who wrote the music for the film, Spy, starring Melissa McCarthy.

This week, Dialogos Radio and the Dialogos Interview Series will be wrapping up the 2014-15 broadcast season with an interview with world-renowned author, journalist, and analyst Tariq Ali. A member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and a contributor to such publications as The Guardian and Counterpunch, and is the author of numerous books, including "The Extreme Centre: A Warning," "The Obama Syndrome," and "A Banker for All Seasons." He joins us on the Dialogos Interview Series this week to share his thoughts and insights as to the political and economic situation in Greece, on Greece's new SYRIZA-led coalition government and its broken campaign promises, and on the role of the European Union and the International Monetary Fund in furthering the economic crisis in Greece.

Hear this timely and exclusive interview, plus great Greek music and much more, this week on Dialogos Radio's new timeslot, Friday at 12 pm, here on WUSB 90.1 FM and wusb.fm!